Calkins, N.A., FIRST READING FROM BLACKBOARD TO BOOKS WITH DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHERS TO ACCOMPANY CALKINS’S READING CARDS. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1883. 1^st ed. black hardcover w/gilt titling to front board only, 8vo (9.25x7”), Good+/n.a., 107pp. Spine lightly suntanned, some soiling to boards, circular lighter spot on front board, pencilalia and soiling present sporadically throughout, as if from a child who would have had access to this book – a long time ago. This work is a text book to teach children how to read, the cards, not really cards at all, but printed cut outs at the rear of the book, are present, profusely illustrated with line drawings.